In 1570 a master turner in Munich made this wooden scale model of the city. At the time the city would have had about a population of 16 000 with a density similar to that of modern Seoul. No buildings over six floors, with most at two to four floors only. Plenty of green space. 
The master turner Jakob Sandtner made it accurate down to individual doors and windows, even marking out where there were trees. The level of density is not despite a lack of cars and elevators, but because of it. There were still large areas devoted to food production.
A modern wooden copy was made in 1930, without the greenery it was made a little easier to see the individual garden plots, garden walls and fences, still quite large in the outlying areas of the city (but all still within the defensive walls).
Market squares where were daily commerce happened, the richer merchant houses surrounding it had covered loggia for setting up stalls and to offer shade, shelter from rain and snow.
By 1812 the city had over 40 000 people, and it was getting crowded, on par with modern Manilla. But it was still a wildly attractive city, rich and important. At this point a colony would've been good, stopping urban sprawl with a new city built a 15-20 min walk away.
